Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-08
LIBERALS AT DINNER.
THEY RiOlcuLe THE FESTIVITIES
OF THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
Free Judgment Passed ON Princes, Po-
tentates and Diplomats Of High and
Low Desree-Parsimony Of Her Ora
cious Majesty Victoris-Her -rst Love.

ciou. Majesty victoria-Her -r.t Love
Especial Correspondence
| PARIS, Sept. A.-lmagine a spacious. old
| fashioned mansion in the north Of England
with large hall running from door to door
serving the double purpose OF an entrancs
and dining room. decorated with the heads
and branching horns Of many hnpless deer
with flags, armor, pixies. guns and bows, and
huge skins Of lions, leopards and tigers on the
floor, and large round table in the center
where many good dinner had been served
TO bold thinkers in days gone by. Imagine
all this, and you will have the surroundings
OF a charming dinner party that l am about
to describe-not the menu, the succession Of
courses, the china, the silver, but the main
points OF the conversation.
On this occasion there were assembled there
. county squire, retired general, q naval
officer, q Clergyman, . Socialist, All artist, .
professor Of political economy and two Amer
lean ladies' The conversation which lasted
until midnight. was . wholesale criticism Of
royalty. its greed and selfishness, as illus
trated III the recent festivities
The rejoicings Of the queen and her flunkies
that in all the upheavais on the continent she
has stuck to her throne for fifty years, Is still
q theme OF constant merriment with the
press and the people. The gist Of the talk on
this occasion will give you All idea Of how
rapidly the respect for the royal family is
waning
Now that the jubilee junketinK is over.r
said our host, the last corner stone OF future
institutions laid for this year, the dazzling
I AL sh.t
the music has ceased and the lights are out,
hysteria is giving way to common aenss, and
il is evident that a time Of practical reflection
is setting in. Loyalty to monarchcal ideas
was at high water level just before the re-
cent celebration. In lSiS republican tenden-
cies in England reached food tide, but the
ebb has been steadily going on ever since.
And now the time for the return wave has
come, and the change Of feeling will he all
the more rapid, because Of the relapse that
always follows abnormal enthusiasm. Hard
headed and close listed john Bull Is beginning
to ask what all the fuss, which he must pay
for, has been about The overburdened tax
payers realize now that the uproar
has been Of no benefit to them But the
great enthusiasm We have witnessed was not
the result Of loyalty, but Of the fact that III
England We have no regular national fete
day." Addressing the American lady on his
right lie said: I'VE have nothing recurring
every year like your Decoration day, your
Fourth Of July, Thanksgiving and Washing
tons birthday All We have is q bank holi-
Gay. occurring on four Mondays chosen at
convenient intervals during the year. to give
he Bank Of England clerks q needed rest
rom "asting up columns Of figures. Think
II a nation without a single day set apart TO
celebrate any great I atriotic event, and then
you can judge Of the cause Of the enthusiasm
reused by til. recent fetes."
YES" said the hostess. laughing, "what
possible sentiment can these bank holidays
suggest Nothing but work and cold dinners,
am sure"
Il have lived in England" said one OF the
American ladies. five years, and until this
summer have never seen any illuminstions,
decorations or pyrotechnics, and though an
. patriotic citizen OF the United States and .
red Republican, and have no respect for
royalty. Yet sailed forth to see the sky
rockets and my spirit Of liberty rose with
them to the zenith had not seen Roman
candle for years, and how could help being
enthusiastic"
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